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118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. RES. 164 

Honoring the Heritage Foundation on the occasion of its 50th anniversary. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

APRIL 19, 2023 

Mr. LEE submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the 

Committee on the Judiciary 

RESOLUTION 

Honoring the Heritage Foundation on the occasion of its 

50th anniversary. 

Whereas, in 1972, the Heritage Foundation was conceived by 

Dr. Edwin J. Feulner and Paul Weyrich to deliver timely 

and persuasive research to Congress with facts, data, and 

sound arguments on behalf of conservative principles; 

Whereas, on February 16, 1973, the Heritage Foundation 

opened its doors with the support of the Coors, Noble, 

and Scaife families and grew to become the most influential and most broadly supported conservative think tank 

in the United States; 

Whereas the Heritage Foundation has played a critical role 

in many great legislative successes in the United States 

over the past 5 decades; 


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Whereas the Heritage Foundation published the 1,093-page 

‘‘Mandate for Leadership’’ in 1981, which served as a 

‘‘policy bible’’ for President Ronald Reagan, including the 

1981 tax cuts that ignited the biggest economic boom in 

United States history; 

Whereas, in 1982, the Heritage Foundation published the 

first comprehensive study outlining a missile defense system to defend the United States from nuclear missile attack, and 6 months later, President Ronald Reagan made 

his historic speech calling for a strategic defense initiative 

to protect the United States; 

Whereas, in 1988, the Heritage Foundation authored its first 

candidate briefing book, which has become an essential 

tool to help frame policy debates; 

Whereas, in 1995, the Heritage Foundation hosted its first 

‘‘New Member Conference’’ to educate freshmen members of Congress, a program that takes place every 2 

years before the new Congress takes office; 

Whereas research by the Heritage Foundation formed the 

basis of welfare reform in the 1990s that would result in 

more than 5,000,000 people in the United States leaving 

welfare and finding work, and reducing African-American 

child poverty to historic lows; 

Whereas the Heritage Foundation created the Meese Center 

for Legal and Judicial Studies, headed by former Attorney General Ed Meese, to create greater appreciation for 

the role of the Constitution of the United States, and, in 

2005, published ‘‘The Heritage Guide to the Constitution’’, which was the first examination of each and every 

line of the Constitution of the United States since the definitive study of Joseph Story in the mid-19th century; 


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Whereas the Heritage Foundation has promoted an 

originalist judicial philosophy, and trained and supported 

lawyers and judges with an originalist approach to the 

Constitution of the United States; 

Whereas the Heritage Foundation established the Kathryn 

and Shelby Cullom Davis Institute for National Security 

and Foreign Policy to provide expert research and analysis of issues dealing with foreign policy, international relations, global economics, and national security; 

Whereas the Heritage Foundation has published such influential indexes as— 

(1) the Index of United States Military Strength; 

(2) the Index of Economic Freedom; 

(3) the Election Integrity Scorecard; and 

(4) the Education Freedom Report Card; 

Whereas the Heritage Foundation has consistently fought to 

defend the dignity of every human life, for marriage, the 

family (the foundation of society), and religious liberty; 

Whereas the Heritage Foundation works tirelessly to grow 

and serve the conservative movement through programs 

like the Young Leaders Program and the Resource Bank, 

created in 1977 to forge a national network of conservative policy groups and experts and, most recently, the 

Innovation Prize; 

Whereas the Heritage Foundation supports conservative organizations across the country and works to set the agenda and advance conservative policies through its 2025 

Presidential Transition Project; 

Whereas the Heritage Foundation launched its own news 

site, the Daily Signal, and has constantly expanded its 


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reach on social media to convey conservative views to the 

widest possible audience; 

Whereas the Heritage Foundation launched its sister organization, Heritage Action for America, to turn the conservative policy proposals of the Heritage Foundation into reality on Capitol Hill and build a grassroots community of 

over 20,000 sentinels and 2,000,000 activists that hold 

elected representatives accountable to the founding principles of the United States; 

Whereas the Board of Trustees of the Heritage Foundation 

has provided sound guidance since the establishment of 

the Heritage Foundation and strengthened strategic 

planning within the organization; 

Whereas Barb Van Andel-Gaby, the chairman of the Board, 

has continued the legacy of service in her family with 

grace and distinction and has been a trusted advisor to 

the leadership of the Heritage Foundation; and 

Whereas for 50 years, the Heritage Foundation has worked 

tirelessly to build a United States where freedom, opportunity, prosperity, and civil society flourish, knowing the 

people of the United States are best served by a government that understands, honors, and respects virtuous 

self-governance: Now, therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That the Senate— 

2 (1) honors the Heritage Foundation on the oc3 casion of its 50th anniversary; and 

4 (2) expresses profound gratitude for the unfail5 ing service of the Heritage Foundation to the United 

6 States. 

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